diff --git a/scripts/uncache_users.php b/scripts/uncache_users.php
index e35ea81ea4..b0b576eb44 100644
--- a/scripts/uncache_users.php
+++ b/scripts/uncache_users.php
@@ -17,32 +17,27 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-
-# Abort if called from a web server
-
-if (isset($_SERVER) && array_key_exists('REQUEST_METHOD', $_SERVER)) {
-    print "This script must be run from the command line\n";
-    exit();
-}
-
-ini_set("max_execution_time", "0");
-ini_set("max_input_time", "0");
-set_time_limit(0);
-mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
-
 define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
-define('LACONICA', true);
 
-require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/lib/common.php');
+$helptext = <<<ENDOFHELP
+uncache_users.php <idfile>
 
-$id_file = ($argc > 1) ? $argv[1] : 'ids.txt';
+Uncache users listed in an ID file, default 'ids.txt'.
+
+ENDOFHELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
+
+$id_file = (count($args) > 1) ? $args[0] : 'ids.txt';
 
 common_log(LOG_INFO, 'Updating user inboxes.');
 
 $ids = file($id_file);
 
+$memc = common_memcache();
+
 foreach ($ids as $id) {
-	
+
 	$user = User::staticGet('id', $id);
 
 	if (!$user) {
@@ -51,9 +46,7 @@ foreach ($ids as $id) {
 	}
 
     $user->decache();
-    
-    $memc = common_memcache();
-    
+
     $memc->delete(common_cache_key('user:notices_with_friends:'. $user->id));
     $memc->delete(common_cache_key('user:notices_with_friends:'. $user->id . ';last'));
 }